Couchsurfing has been one of the strongest cornerstones of our travel around the world over the past few years. Due to the endless and eager generosity of friendly locals we’ve been sheltered from the elements, given food to fill our belly, and entertained by...

For the most part when people are planning their German vacations they’re probably not wondering about how good the vegan restaurants in Dresden are. They’re thinking; "I’ve heard that Dresden is a true wonder of human history, architecture, and...

Every week we see dozens of articles on news outlets and travel blogs about how fantastic house sitting is for travellers. That it’s cheap and very easy to get involved with – but one topic that’s regularly skipped over is how house sitting...

In the middle of 2015 both Franca and I decided that whilst we loved where the past three years had taken us, we both felt the need to become slow travellers in another way. We’ve spent from 2012 to 2013 travelling around East Asia, and from 2013 to 2015 house...

We love to receive emails from visitors to our blog, especially when the people getting in touch believe in aiming to be as responsible as we try to be whilst travelling or on a holiday. So when we were asked last week if we knew of any responsible alternatives to the...